![]() It’s hard to criticize Onsen Master too much because it knows exactly what it is, but frankly there are a dozen better arcade games you could play on your phone right now – for free – instead. I did not enjoy the slime mechanics, as it gets out of hand in a matter of seconds and becomes impossible to rectify. The music is nice and loops appropriately, reminding me of older games I actually played in the arcade as a kid, but doesn’t really stand out. The story isn’t very long, and there’s an endless arcade mode if you’re having fun, but the charming characters who sometimes show up did little to alleviate my disinterest in what was happening. ![]() I understand where the idea to use holding the triggers as a device to open and close your hand came from, but it feels pretty bad to do, as does rotating the sticks so frequently.Īnd outside of that, I got bored about a minute into the first level and none of the added mechanics or bosses in later levels managed to capture my interest. Coordinated control is actually very important here, especially when moving between screaming Kappas and over slimy floors, so the less than stellar controls are felt immediately. Mu does not seem to move where I want him to and spins around much too quickly. Even with a controller as recommended by the developers, the whole thing feels janky and slow to respond to inputs. Do not attempt to play Onsen Master with mouse and keyboard only misery awaits you. However, the issue with Onsen Master is not that the gameplay is simple – it is that the gameplay is simply not fun.ĭifferent stages present different challenges, like non-customers blocking the paths.įirstly, the controls feel terrible. had literally two action buttons and changed video games forever. You’re playing for points, so try to get as many customers through the onsen as possible. After three people use a bath, it requires being scrubbed by jumping in and rotating the right stick very quickly before it can be used again. If you drop the ingredient for too long, it vanishes. Kappas, for instance, leave a sticky goo as they run around that makes your movement much slower, and you have to clean that up by holding down X and dropping whatever ingredient you’re holding. Kappas and other features of mythological Japan will enter as customers alongside the humans, but will cause havoc if left unattended for too long. That’s the crux of the game, but of course there are added layers as you progress. The Kappa are charming enough until they start spurting slime all over you. Then, grab the customer, and hold one of the triggers to grab their hand and lead them to the appropriate bath, releasing it to let go of them. You then dump the ingredient in one of the open baths by releasing the trigger near it. Holding down the LT and RT buttons on the controller for the left and right hands respectively, you simply grab the next needed ingredient out of the barrel, bring it to the mixing station, and rotate the right stick very quickly to mix it. ![]() When a round starts and a customer walks in, a floating color above their head indicates which kind of bath soap they’d like. There are five color coded ingredients that can be used to make the bath soap – white, blue, red, yellow, and green. ![]() Onsen Master‘s story mode places you as Mu, a young up and comer trying to take over the family’s onsen (Japanese bath house). ![]()
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